By Robert Sanchez There’s one Florida railroad tycoon whose name does not appear on the list of 28 “robber barons” cited in the Florida Verve article titled “The Demon Moguls of Wall Street.” That tycoon, Ed Ball, had a problem:…

By Robert Sanchez Here’s a trivia question for you: What do the names mentioned in the following paragraph have in common, other than being in boldfaced type? Henry Flagler built a railroad and a string of hotels down Florida’s Atlantic…

By Robert Sanchez Some of the most important decisions issued by the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) during the latter half of the 20th Century were inextricably linked to the states wherein the cases arose. Brown v. Board of Education of…

By Francisco Gonzalez I recently finished watching “Sons of Liberty,” a three-part saga on the History Channel. I absolutely loved it, and I hope every American has the chance to watch it. Although it’s not 100% historically accurate — it…

By Robert Sanchez Florida’s emergency management officials probably empathized with recent plight of New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio — professionally, if not politically. In late January he shut down the Big Apple in response to a scary weather forecast that…

Reviewed By Scott K. Sholl Lynne Cheney’s newest book provides the best single volume biography on James Madison since Ralph Ketcham’s landmark study in 1971. Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former Second Lady of the United States,…